>>17952178Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant. They had two tentpole matches for the wrestling industry:
>WrestleMania III, March 29th, 198793,173 people piled into the Pontiac Silverdome to watch it. The biggest match by far for all promotional material was Hogan vs. Andre, the main event. Despite Meltzer shitting on the match, fans went wild for it. This attendance record stood until Collision in Korea in 1995. But generally this event doesn't count because tickets weren't sold, they were mostly given away.
>The Main Event, February 5, 1988The live broadcast drew a 15.2 Nielsen rating and 33 million viewers, both records for American televised wrestling.
No single match in wrestling history can be realistically claimed to have drawn more dimes than Hogan vs. Andre.
